Seek mercy

When we wrong someone it is right to ask for forgiveness.

When we sin, it is right to ask for God's forgiveness. To seek his mercy, as every sin, no matter how much pain and wreckage it causes to people is first a sin against him.

King David eventually got that, and we are thankful for the example he leaves us in today's reading.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

Psalm 51:1-4

We may not have committed the same sins as David. But we must search our hearts and recognise the gravity of each and every one of our sins. They are against God. They are evil in his sight. And we must seek his mercy.

Take time to do so today.